Cashed in my scrap today

[milco]

Cashed in most of my scrap metal from the 2012 season today:

Iron - 65# 0.1075/lb 6.99
Copper - 5# 2.60/lb 13.00
Brass - 11# 1.80/lb 19.80
Lead - 20# 0.40/lb 8.00
Total 47.79

Not as much in some years past, but every little bit helps add to the MDing fund.

[aloldstuff]

Not a bad total, and look, all those finds means less in the parks. Nice... I would do the same but I have a hard time seperating the different metals. don't know whats what.

[Ill Digger]

| Nice Darren!
I always have intentions of saving and separating all my scrap finds for the year and do as you did , and cash it in at the end of the year.
But, I never have \:[ 8/ lol
Seeing this makes me want to do it even more! I just usually empty my pouch at a nearby trash can while in a park, or it gos into the recycle container when I get home.

How do you go about separating threw out the year? Separate buckets? :->

[POKIE73]

i do the same i have three five gallon buckets for brass and copper and scrap iron the iron i fill and take to a freind you have to have a lot to be worth doing but the other adds up good i made well over a hundred dollars this year # 1 copper is 3 dollars a pound brass was more than a dollar doent take long dennis

[Fire Fighter 43]

Very nice Darren, I need to do this but I'm not sure how to separate the different metals. Do you clean everything?

[Paul in NJ]

Whenever I've brought in my scrap, the guys at the yard do all the separating. They're pretty good at it. It's faster if you pre-separate it to the best of your ability, though. And you don't need to clean it.

Beware of mixed metal. I had a bunch of copper pipes, and if there's a brass fitting on one, the entire pipe goes into mixed, which pays less.
Ditto for old screens that still have the mesh in 'em, that sort of thing.